[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                CONTRACT WITH AMERICA HELPING AMERICANS

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure how the previous speaker knew 
that not one person was better off in America. I have talked to a lot 
of people in America in my district and they are very happy with what 
is going on. The polls indicate people are better off and definitely 
happier with the way things are going in this Congress.
  We are not just up passing bills. Americans know that. We are up here 
taking away from Big Brother in Washington, the Government, and we are 
returning the control of this country to the people we work for, the 
people all across America.
  We are doing something else too, something that perhaps the former 
majority who are now the minority failed to do, and that is we are 
keeping our word. We are accomplishing exactly what we said we would do 
in the election. We are out here working harder in January and February 
than this Congress has ever worked, certainly more than it has in the 
last 40 years. We have had four times as many hours in session, we have 
had eight times as many votes, we have had six times as many committee 
meetings. The reason for all of that is not because we want more 
Government, it is because we want less Government. We are cutting down 
Government, that is what this is about, and we are returning it to the 
people.

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